Spotlights from 2021
Students and faculty joined DHX as UCI Assistant Professor Ian Straughn presented a discussion on his digital pedagogy and partnership with UCI Libraries as well as showcase the Egyptomania digital project.
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Students, faculty, and artists gathered to celebrate the various ways in which we are woven together as a community. Faculty reflected on the cultural and environmental value in creating community. Artistic performances, blended from Moroccan, Indigenous, and Japanese cultures.
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Sharing and Comfort and Care: Intergenerational Story-Mapping in the Cambodian, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander Communities
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Scott Learner Teaches Seminar for First Generation Students in the Humanities
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Meet the Members of the Black Panther Oakland Community School Research Cluster
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Meet another member of the Black Panther Oakland Community School Cluster
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On Thursday, December 2nd @ 2PM join the Forum for the Academy and the Public for the third entry in a special book slam series: "Using Fiction to Shed Light on the PRC."
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November 9 @ 2PM PST: The Forum for the Academy and the Public will host a second book slam event, "New Small Works on a Big Country." This event features an eclectic range of topics in the China field, from surveillance in Xinjiang to transcultural sci-fi, united by a rather counterintuitive thread: despite China's vast size and long history, these books are all delightful short.
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Meet the Members of the Black Panther Oakland Community School Research Cluster
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"Crossing Pride" brings together UC scholars and transnational activists
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Associate Professor Catherine Sameh received a UCHRI Podcasting Grant Award for "The Caring in Common Podcast Collective"
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Assistant Professor Chelsea Schields Receives a UCHRI Manuscript Grant for Her Book "Offshore Attachments: Oil and Intimacy in the Caribbean"
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"Environmental Problem Solvers: A Conversation about History and Ecology" with Steven D. Allison, Ridge 2 Reef director and professor of ecology & evolutionary biology and earth systems science, and Juan Manuel Rubio, Ph.D. candidate in history. Part of our three-day symposium, "Diving Deep: Dialogues on Environmental Justice."
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"The Currents of Memory: A Conversation about Art and Oceans" with Patrick Rafter, assistant project scientist of earth systems science, and Kathie Foley-Meyer, Ph.D. candidate in visual studies. Part of our three-day symposium, "Diving Deep: Dialogues on Environmental Justice."
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"Thinking Botanically: a Conversation about Literature and Science" with Jon Pitt, assistant professor of East Asian studies, and Alyse Larkin, postdoctoral researcher of earth system science. Part of our three-day symposium, "Diving Deep: Dialogues on Environmental Justice."
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Watch the recording of May 7th's workshop on academic publishing and sign up for writing groups with fellow graduate students
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A three-day symposium bringing together the humanities and the sciences, as well as other STEAM fields from around the UCI campus.
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A UCI Undergraduate Reflects on the AAPI Leaders Research Team
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Meet Phuc Duy Nhu To, a member of the the Learning from our AAPI Leaders research team at UCI
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Join the UCI Humanities Center, in collaboration with UCLA and the UC Riverside Center for Ideas and Society, as we present a workshop focused on comics and graphic novels as vehicles for communicating academic research. This workshop will feature a panel of academics, writers, educators and publishers.
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One of our Humanities Out There (H.O.T.) Fellows reflects on their experience promoting pedagogical equity last year.
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A series of Webinars on the films and filmmakers of the L.A. Rebellion
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Join us for the next iteration in our Just Environments event series, as University of Tennessee, Knoxville Humanities Center Director Amy Elias hosts a discussion with celebrated author Terry Tempest Williams.
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Meet Scott Learner: A UCI Lecturer Working to Improve the First Generation Experience at UCI.
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Join us for a paid summer research fellowship for UCI undergraduate students ($1500 for 10 hours per week for 10 weeks, June 21-August 27).
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UCI Students and Faculty Reflect ahead of Cathy Park Hong's Visit
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What six words come to your mind as your read Cathy Park Hong's book, Minor Feelings?
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Highlighting our Humanities Out There Fellows ahead of Giving Tuesday.
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Cathy Park Hong in conversation with Professor Jerry Lee and Dr. SueJeanne Koh. Register today!
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One of our Humanities Out There (H.O.T.) Fellows Reflects on Her Experience with California Humanities
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The OCEANS series begins again for spring quarter!
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Following the success of the Pacific Worlds symposium from winter quarter, the UCI Humanities Center is co-sponsoring this event to explore research approaches for transoceanic studies.
To understand everything is to forgive: On Lisa See's The Island of Sea Women
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Join us for a daily break the week of March 8~12 and learn about the many forms of tea and tea cultures in Asia!
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Author Lisa See will talk about her novel, "The Tea Girl of Hummingbird Lane" and take questions from the audience. Register now to join us!
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In this dynamic presentation with author Lisa See, Professor Judy Wu, and Chef Jessica VanRoo, you will learn about the role of Pu'er tea in Chinese culture and society. Register now to join us!
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Join the Climate Futures Collective study group discussion with Professor Charles Sepulveda (Tongva and Acjachemen) on Monday March 8th at 1:00 PM.
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On April 19, 2020, The International Center for Writing and Translation sent out a call for short submissions in all languages on the theme of Intimacy During Lockdown. "What is it like," we asked,"to be in a relationship when sheltering in place?" Submissions flowed in from all over the world.
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One of our 2020 Humanities Out There (H.O.T.) Fellows reflects on her experiences!
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One of Our Humanities Out There (H.O.T.) Public Fellows Reflects on Her 2020 Experience
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Ryan Gurney, A UCI Visual Studies Ph.D. Reflects on 2020
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"Feeling seen" with "Minor Feelings" at UCI
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A UCI graduate student's reflections on Cathy Park Hong's "Minor Feelings"
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Richard Cho reflects on "Minor Feelings" ahead of events around Cathy Park Hong's book
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Meet Noah Patterson Hanohano Dolim, a PhD student in History at UCI and conversation partner in our upcoming event featuring Professor Maile Arvin.
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Join the Winter Quarter Writing Workshop
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Please register to visit the School of Humanities at the UCI Lunar New Year, March 8, 4:30 pm -7:30 pm. Wishing you and your family a happy and prosperous New Year.
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Join the Forum for the Academy and the Public on Jan. 12th for another entry in this multi-part series considering the global perception of the United States. In collaboration with the Los Angeles Review of Books (LARB), international authors and journalists will offer perspectives on American identity in the 21st century.
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Did you miss the Forum for the Academy and the Public's special book launch event, "Joe Biden: The Life, the Run, and What Matters Now" featuring the book's author, New Yorker staff writer Evan Osnos? Watch it here. Mr. Osnos is in dialog with Allison Perlman, Associate Professor of History and Film & Media Studies.
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A discussion with UCI Professor Isa Quintana and UCI Librarian Richard Cho
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From the ouster of President Trump, to the protests in support of Alexei Navalny, and this week's meeting of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Russia is in the headlines.
Join us as the Forum for the Academy and the Public hosts a panel of prominent thinkers offering a Russian perspective on the U.S. and its relationship to Russia.
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In collaboration with the Los Angeles Review of Books (LARB), international authors and journalists will offer perspectives on American identity in light of recent sociopolitical events.
The Zoom room was completely packed for this workshop on "Demystifying the Book Publishing Process" co-sponsored by the University of California Press and the UC Collaborative of Humanities Centers and Institutes. The event attracted faculty, students, independent scholars across the UCs and beyond.
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Featuring Joshua Swank one of the four finalists in the 1619 Project video series and a third-year political science major at UC Irvine.
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The Podcasting the Humanities series continues, featuring Wujun (June) Ke Ph.D. candidate in Comparative Literature.
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Third in video series on the 1619 Project, Marisabel Perez, one of the four finalists, shares how the project impacted her.
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One fo the four finalists in the student video series on the 1619 Project, Jalen Jones shares the impact the project made on him.
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The Humanities Center presents a series of video reflections from UCI students on the 1619 Project. First in the series here is Justin Warren, a junior majoring in sociology and minoring in graphic design.
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Ann Thuy-Ling Tran, summer DTEI fellow and fourth-year grad student in Comparative Literature, shares her thoughts on the importance of the DTEI's fellowship opportunities.
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